Pirate's Adventure Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Commodore PET/CBM, Electron, Exidy Sorcerer, FM-7, PC-88, PC-98, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20 Published by Creative Computing Software Released 1978 Genre Adventure Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Setting Sea Pirates/Caribbean Description This is adventure #2 in Scott Adam's text adventure...
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Frogs is a single-player action / platform arcade game released by Sega-Gremlin in 1978. It is the first video game with a jumping character (predating Donkey Kong by 3 years), which by some definitions could make it the first platform game. The player controls a frog on lilypads and attempts to catch (with the frog's tongue and while jumping) various insects (butterflies and dragonflies) worth different amounts of points in a set amount of time. Frogs is one of the first arcade games to...
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Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Midway Mfg. Co. Published by Midway Mfg. Co. Interface Direct control Setting Sci-fi / futuristic Visual Fixed / flip-screen Gameplay Arcade, Paddle / Pong Perspective Side view Genre Action Description Space Walk is a variant of Circus . Astronauts are bounced on a see-saw at the bottom of the screen and must collect stationary and moving objects at the top of the screen which are worth points. When the astronaut isn't caught the second player can try...
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Adventure Number 02 - Pirate Adventure (1985)(Adventure International)[a] Released 1978 Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Commodore PET/CBM, Electron, Exidy Sorcerer, FM-7, PC-88, PC-98, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20 Published by Creative Computing Software Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Genre Adventure Setting Sea Pirates/Caribbean Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements...
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Adventure Number 02 - Pirate Adventure (1985)(Adventure International)[a2] Released 1978 Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Commodore PET/CBM, Electron, Exidy Sorcerer, FM-7, PC-88, PC-98, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20 Published by Creative Computing Software Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Genre Adventure Setting Sea Pirates/Caribbean Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements...
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Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Midway Mfg. Co. Published by Midway Mfg. Co. Interface Direct control Visual Fixed / flip-screen Gameplay Shooter Perspective 1st-person Vehicular Naval / watercraft Genre Action Description Seawolf II is a torpedo shooting game for one or two players. As in Sea Wolf , the players must sink enemy ships. Each player has its own color-coded torpedoes. Players look through a periscope at the screen to aim their torpedoes. Different targets have different...
Adventure Number 02 - Pirate Adventure (1985)(Adventure International)[cr Parsec] Released 1978 Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Commodore PET/CBM, Electron, Exidy Sorcerer, FM-7, PC-88, PC-98, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20 Published by Creative Computing Software Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Genre Adventure Setting Sea Pirates/Caribbean Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements...
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Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Midway Mfg. Co. Published by Midway Mfg. Co. Interface Direct control Sport Bowling Perspective Top-down Genre Sports Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description 4 Player Bowling Alley is a bowling game for up to four players. The bowling ball is controlled with a track ball and the bowling lane is shown on the screen with all the pins using a top-down view. The game features two game modes: "Regulation" is a normal game of bowling and...
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Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Midway Mfg. Co. Published by Midway Mfg. Co. Gameplay Arcade, Hunting, Shooter Perspective 1st-person Interface Direct control Genre Action Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description Blue Shark is a shooting gallery style game with an underwater motif. Upon starting a credit the player has 99 seconds to spear as many aquatic animals with their spear gun (modeled on the cabinet) as possible. Points are awarded based on the difficulty of the target: the...
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Namco
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Gee Bee (Japan) by Namco (1978) Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Namco Limited Published by Gremlin Industries, Inc. Gameplay Arcade, Paddle / Pong, Pinball Perspective Side view Interface Direct control Genre Action Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description Namco's first independently designed video arcade game, Gee Bee combines gameplay elements of pinball and Breakout . There are two paddles, one at the bottom and one in the middle, that stay aligned when moving, so players must pay...
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Released 1978 Also For TI-99/4A Developed by Gremlin Industries, Inc. Published by Gremlin Industries, Inc. Interface Direct control Visual Fixed / flip-screen Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Top-down Vehicular Tank Genre Action Description 1 or 2 players each control a tank in this top-down game. The object is to clear as many mines and obstacles as you can before the timer runs out. But watch out! If you're too close to a mine when you shoot it, you'll blow up your own tank! And in a...
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Released 1978 Also For Bally Astrocade Published by Midway Mfg. Co. Interface Point and select Setting Contemporary Visual Fixed / flip-screen Gameplay Shooter Perspective Side view Genre Action Description Dog Patch is a shooting game for one or two players. A number of cans are fired into the air and players are awarded points for hitting them. The trajectory of the can changes every time its hit by a bullet. A wild goose serves as a bonus target. From Mobygames.com. Original Entry
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Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Midway Mfg. Co. Published by Midway Mfg. Co. Interface Direct control Pacing Turn-based Perspective Top-down Genre Simulation Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description Shuffleboard is a simulation of a shuffle board. Two players (or one versus the computer) slide pucks on a field using a large trackball. The goal is to make them land in fields which are worth different amounts of points. Once the pucks are in a field they can still be knocked away by the...
Adventure Number 02 - Pirate Adventure (1985)(Adventure International) Released 1978 Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Commodore PET/CBM, Electron, Exidy Sorcerer, FM-7, PC-88, PC-98, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20 Published by Creative Computing Software Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Genre Adventure Setting Sea Pirates/Caribbean Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Description...
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Dead Eye by Meadows Games Inc. (1978) Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Meadows Games, Inc. Published by Meadows Games, Inc. Gameplay Shooter Perspective Side view Interface Direct control Genre Action Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description Dead Eye is a shooting game for up to four players in hot seat. The player tosses a coin into the air and controls a figure at the bottom of the screen which can be moved left and right and made to fire its gun. The aim is to keep the coin in the...
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Extra Inning - Ball Park II by Midway - Taito (1978) Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Midway Mfg. Co. Published by Midway Mfg. Co. Interface Direct control Sport Baseball Perspective Top-down Genre Sports Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description Extra Inning is a baseball game for one or two players. The game is almost identical to Double Play with some adjustments: The pitching player's joystick is 8-way instead of a rotary joystick. An extra inning (e.g. bonus round) is awarded when...
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Released 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Meadows Games, Inc. Published by Meadows Games, Inc. Gameplay Arcade, Paddle / Pong Perspective Side view Interface Direct control Genre Action Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description Gypsy Juggler is a juggling game. the player controls a gypsy character at the bottom of the screen and must try to keep a number of balls aloft. New balls can fall down a chute at the top of the screen into play. When multiple balls have hit the floor the game is over....
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Space Invaders - Space Invaders M by Taito - Midway (1978) Released 1978 Also For Android, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Game Boy, iPad, iPhone, J2ME, MSX, NES, PC-98, SG-1000, Sharp Zaurus, Terminal, Wii, Windows 3.x Developed by Taito Corporation Published by Midway Mfg. Co. Interface Direct control Setting Sci-fi / futuristic Visual Fixed / flip-screen Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Side view Genre Action Description Earth is under attack from rows of bomb dropping aliens, and...
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Released Dec, 1978 Platform Arcade Developed by Technical Magic, Inc. Published by Exidy, Inc. Interface Direct control Setting Sci-fi / futuristic Visual 2D scrolling Gameplay Shooter Perspective 1st-person Vehicular Space flight Genre Action Misc Fangame Description Star Fire is a 1st person shooter where you are in control of a space ship and you have to destroy as many fighters as possible before your fuel runs out. The fighters come flying towards you firing fireballs and with your laser...
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Kee Games was an arcade game manufacturer that released games from 1973 to 1978. Kee was headed by Joe Keenan, a long-time friend of Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Keenan managed to hire several defectors from Atari, and began advertising itself as a competitor. In reality, Kee Games was a wholly owned subsidiary of Atari, created in response to the pinball and arcade distributors of the time who demanded exclusivity deals. Kee Games released several "clones" of Atari games,...
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